Restoration of the historical toponymy of Crimea – a toolkit for the deoccupation of the peninsula

February 13, 2023

On Monday, February 13, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center at the Ukrinform news agency held a press conference “Return the names – return Crimea”, during which the speakers spoke about the importance of restoring historical toponyms in Crimea.

Speakers were:

  • Eskender Bariiev – Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, Chairman of the Department for Legal and Foreign Affairs of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people;
  • Tetiana Podvorniak – Communications Manager of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center;
  • Refat Chubarov – Head of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people;
  • Victor Yelenskyy – Chairman of the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience;
  • Andrii Yermolenko – cartoonist.